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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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WIFEFRST (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Here are some questions having to do with family roles. Please indicate your agreement or disagreement by circling one of the response column numbers for each item listed. - On all matters pertaining to the household (furnishings, food, care of the children, etc.) the wife/mother's wishes are more important than the husband/father's.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Undecided
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	127	4.1%	4.1%
Agree	809	26.4%	30.5%
Undecided	368	12%	42.5%
Disagree	1429	46.6%	89.1%
Strongly disagree	333	10.9%	100%
Missing	21	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.0% 55	4.2% 35	4.5% 25	4.0% 10	2.0% 1	4.1% 126
Agree	23.8% 331	29.1% 240	27.8% 153	27.2% 68	31.4% 16	26.4% 808
Undecided	15.6% 217	9.8% 81	7.6% 42	9.2% 23	9.8% 5	12.0% 368
Disagree	46.3% 644	43.9% 362	49.4% 272	50.8% 127	51.0% 26	46.7% 1431
Strongly disagree	10.3% 143	12.9% 106	10.7% 59	8.8% 22	5.9% 3	10.9% 333
Missing	5	3	8	4	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 1390	100.0% 824	100.0% 551	100.0% 250	100.0% 51	3066

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 81	2.8% 45	1	4.1% 126
Agree	35.2% 503	18.2% 295	10	26.2% 798
Undecided	12.4% 177	11.6% 188	3	12.0% 365
Disagree	38.5% 550	54.0% 875	5	46.8% 1425
Strongly disagree	8.1% 116	13.3% 216	0	10.9% 332
Missing	3	16	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1427	100.0% 1619	19	3046

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 7	2.2% 15	2.9% 15	4.3% 32	10.8% 59	0	4.2% 128
Agree	12.3% 68	16.2% 111	23.8% 124	34.7% 258	44.4% 242	8	26.3% 803
Undecided	11.8% 65	9.0% 62	11.7% 61	11.4% 85	16.9% 92	4	12.0% 365
Disagree	53.0% 293	58.4% 401	51.3% 268	43.8% 326	24.6% 134	8	46.6% 1422
Strongly disagree	21.7% 120	14.3% 98	10.3% 54	5.8% 43	3.3% 18	0	10.9% 333
Missing	1	0	0	0	20	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 553	100.0% 687	100.0% 522	100.0% 744	100.0% 545	20	3051

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 7	4.6% 112	3.6% 5	3.8% 2	1	4.1% 126
Agree	12.0% 50	28.9% 710	30.0% 42	13.5% 7	2	26.4% 809
Undecided	17.2% 72	10.7% 263	20.0% 28	9.6% 5	0	12.0% 368
Disagree	47.4% 198	46.9% 1150	38.6% 54	50.0% 26	2	46.6% 1428
Strongly disagree	21.8% 91	8.9% 218	7.9% 11	23.1% 12	0	10.8% 332
Missing	6	10	4	1	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2453	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	5	3063

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.2% 50	4.4% 37	3.9% 22	0.3% 1	2.3% 15	1	4.1% 125
Agree	37.0% 255	26.4% 222	25.1% 141	18.3% 57	20.5% 133	1	26.5% 808
Undecided	17.4% 120	13.5% 114	10.1% 57	8.7% 27	7.6% 49	2	12.0% 367
Disagree	32.8% 226	48.1% 405	47.9% 269	57.6% 179	52.9% 343	7	46.6% 1422
Strongly disagree	5.7% 39	7.6% 64	13.0% 73	15.1% 47	16.7% 108	2	10.8% 331
Missing	16	4	0	0	1	0	21
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 842	100.0% 562	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	13	3053

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 76	4.8% 45	15.4% 2	4	4.1% 123
Agree	27.2% 566	24.6% 230	15.4% 2	12	26.3% 798
Undecided	13.6% 283	8.7% 81	15.4% 2	2	12.1% 366
Disagree	45.8% 955	48.8% 457	38.5% 5	13	46.7% 1417
Strongly disagree	9.8% 204	13.1% 123	15.4% 2	3	10.8% 329
Missing	9	11	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 2084	100.0% 936	100.0% 13	34	3033

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.1% 36	4.8% 66	3.3% 4	4.0% 9	11	4.0% 115
Agree	27.7% 318	26.5% 362	22.3% 27	16.7% 38	63	26.0% 745
Undecided	14.3% 164	10.3% 141	8.3% 10	11.5% 26	27	11.9% 341
Disagree	45.5% 523	46.9% 642	51.2% 62	55.9% 127	75	47.3% 1354
Strongly disagree	9.4% 108	11.5% 157	14.9% 18	11.9% 27	23	10.8% 310
Missing	5	12	1	1	0	19
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 1368	100.0% 121	100.0% 227	199	2865

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 37	4.4% 32	2.8% 15	2.8% 11	3.0% 16	15	4.0% 111
Agree	35.4% 216	28.1% 204	27.2% 144	24.6% 98	17.9% 97	50	27.0% 759
Undecided	15.1% 92	10.7% 78	7.9% 42	9.3% 37	11.8% 64	54	11.2% 313
Disagree	36.0% 220	47.4% 344	50.9% 269	51.6% 206	54.0% 292	98	47.4% 1331
Strongly disagree	7.5% 46	9.4% 68	11.2% 59	11.8% 47	13.3% 72	39	10.4% 292
Missing	14	1	0	1	1	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 611	100.0% 726	100.0% 529	100.0% 399	100.0% 541	256	2806

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.2% 13	4.1% 46	2.9% 2	66	3.8% 61
Agree	20.9% 84	29.7% 335	22.9% 16	374	27.2% 435
Undecided	10.0% 40	12.5% 141	14.3% 10	177	11.9% 191
Disagree	47.8% 192	46.9% 528	48.6% 34	674	47.2% 754
Strongly disagree	18.2% 73	6.8% 77	11.4% 8	174	9.9% 158
Missing	1	3	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1127	100.0% 70	1465	1599